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Kickstarter Campaign – Help me Produce a Beautiful Coffee Table Book

Today, I am launching my 30-day Kickstarter campaign to produce a beautiful 120 page full color hardcover coffee table book of over 100 of my favorite images of Marblehead.  The costs to design, proof and print the minimum of 1,000 books is over $15,000 which means I cannot succeed without your help. I have put together a Kickstarter campaign to help raise $11,000 toward the final goal.  You have a chance to receive the book at a discounted price buy purchasing it now and will receive additional benefits based on your pledge level.  Please visit my Kickstarter page, watch the [...]

By |2016-11-06T12:04:44-05:00February 5th, 2014|Categories: Uncategorized|2 Comments

The Old Spite House of Marblehead, MA

Did you know Marblehead can lay claim to one of a few spite houses in the United States?  Spite houses, as the name implies, were built to spite neighbors for the most part.  Some are impossibly narrow to squeeze between houses and/or to serve to block light and air from reaching the hated neighbor.  The one in Marblehead easily has the oddest shape and structure but the reasons for it seem to be a bit of a mystery. The house, built in  1716, stands at the intersection of Orne Street and Gas House Lane.  It is quite narrow at 10 [...]

By |2016-11-06T12:04:45-05:00February 4th, 2014|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: |2 Comments

Lone Sailboat in the Ocean

This image seemed like a nice way to end the week.  I took this shot on July 16, 2013 while out with a friend on a cruise in the waters around Marblehead.  The way the sun light hit this lone sailboat in the ocean and reflected off its sails instantly captured my attention.  The great texture in the calm waters hit me next and I decided to go with a vertical orientation for the image to highlight both. Enjoy the weekend.

By |2016-11-06T12:04:50-05:00January 17th, 2014|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: , |0 Comments

A Wednesday in Marblehead poem – by franki elliot

A few weeks ago, I happened to read a poem shared by a friend from my Internal Medicine residency and written by her sister - franki elliot (she always uses the lowercase so I am too).  It was a brilliant piece and I wound up reading more of her works including one of her published books. One of the more incredible things that franki does is write typewriter stories on the spot for strangers.  The pieces are based on single words and come out with such power that you expect they would have taken weeks to craft rather than minutes. [...]

By |2014-01-06T17:42:45-05:00January 6th, 2014|Categories: Uncategorized|0 Comments

New Years Starts with a Storm

Just three days into 2014 and Marblehead got walloped with almost two feet of snow to go along with truly arctic conditions.  Once the snow died down on Friday, I decided to head out and try to capture the storm during the noon high tide. I started off on Ocean Avenue intending to shoot the causeway up close but found 12" of ocean water in the middle of the street and no way to safely cross it.  I decided to go with plan B which was climbing to the rocks at Goldthwait beach.  While the walk wasn't terrible (though I'm [...]

By |2016-11-06T12:05:45-05:00January 3rd, 2014|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: , , |0 Comments

Top 13 of 2013 – Best Images of the Year

As we near the end of the year, I decided to look back and try to choose my favorite 13 images of 2013.  I reviewed all 257 images taken in the past year and was able to narrow down to 35 photos that stood out from the rest - whether due to composition, light or the backstory of how the image came to be.  I then turned to my Facebook page for help in narrowing down to a final 13.  While the choices made by the public were both interesting and helpful in making my final choices, in the end, [...]

By |2016-11-06T12:05:46-05:00December 30th, 2013|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: |2 Comments

Lights and Shadows on the Causeway

Fog Week continues on Wednesdays in Marblehead with this - the first image taken on a recent night of dense fog in Marblehead.  As soon as the fog rolled in, I knew I had to head to the causeway.  I had previously photographed a great foggy night on the causeway where I was lucky enough to capture people walking along the causeway.  I realized I had never captured the causeway from the Marblehead Neck side though and sought to rectify that on this night. I started at the end of the causeway but wasn't thrilled with the far spacing from [...]

By |2016-11-06T12:05:47-05:00December 17th, 2013|Categories: Uncategorized|Tags: , , , |0 Comments

Annual Sale on Prints and Calendars

With Black Friday and Small Business Saturday nearly upon us, I wanted to extend my thanks to everyone who has been following, participating and purchasing images from my site with a sale on prints, calendars and cards.  This is the only planned sale of the year (I typically will offer 24-hour sales on my Facebook page whenever my print lab makes those available).  If you have been waiting to buy a card, calendar or prints, now is the time to do so.  The sale covers all items on the website with the deduction applied at checkout. From today through the [...]

By |2016-11-06T12:05:48-05:00November 26th, 2013|Categories: Uncategorized|0 Comments

A Bad Week for Printing But Not a Bad Week for my Clients

I'm going to diverge a bit from the usual image posts today to share some frustrations with you.  For those who only see my posts on Twitter or Facebook or those who haven't visited my updated website, you may not be aware that all images are made available for purchase as prints.  I offer standard matted and/or framed works as well as prints on canvas or metal.  Each print is made by a professional lab and carries a 100% satisfaction guarantee.   Well, make that 110%... You see, every image is carefully inspected by me before it ever makes it [...]

By |2016-11-06T12:05:51-05:00September 15th, 2013|Categories: Uncategorized|0 Comments